Donaven’s Pre-K Recital

I was pleasantly surprised at how well this little man participated with his class in the Christmas Recital! They all worked hard at memorizing several songs and poems and even played a few instrument's as well.

Donaven has really enjoyed his teacher Mr. Martinez. I mean he can play the guitar! It doesn't get any cooler than that in my boys eyes!!! He also loves Mrs. Glenda, the music and brain gym teacher.

Even Brandon was able to get off work and be in the audience which made Donaven very happy! We sure are proud of you Donaven and love your sweet spirit!!!

Crazy sock day

 

Donaven picked out his own outfit for crazy sock day. (An old pair of my socks from high school with the foot cut out.) He loved them and it was fun for me to see him get excited about school spirit.

Conference Crayons

Last Sunday Donaven received a brand spanking new pack of crayons and a conference packet from his primary leaders. His favorite part was that the crayons were boldly labeled Donaven’s Conference Crayons. He would proudly show them to me daily and we would talk about conference. He couldn’t wait to use them.

After a yummy breakfast of chocolate chip muffins, yogurt, bacon, and strawberries this morning; the time finally arrived to gather in the living room and tune in to conference as a family. It was so sweet to see Donaven carefully lay out his special crayons and begin to work on his packet. With each speaker we would talk about each one’s name and he would excitedly find their picture and color their tie. He also listened for key words that we had talked about before hand. The words he chose were; Jesus, Prayer, Faith, Temple, Honor, and Scriptures. He even shared his crayons with his brother to color a picture of the First Presidency.

Funny how a small thing like a box of crayons could bring about such eagerness in a 4 year old boy to participate and hear revelation from the General Authorities of the church. I am grateful to Donaven’s Primary leaders for influencing him for good, planting the seed of faith and enabling me to continue to cultivate it here at home.

At the end of Donaven’s packet their was a section to write down a goal based upon what was learned during conference. We decided to make a goal as a family and follow the prophets council to focus more on the good in the world and less on the negative.

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We are going to start a sort of gratitude journal to record our blessings and good things that happen to us individually and as a family.

I so enjoyed the talks today and I am looking forward to hearing the others that I missed. I am grateful for the spirit that was felt in our home today and hope to continue to grow and learn form these inspired words given to us by the righteous leaders of our church.

What was your favorite part of conference that you got the most from?

Thanks for dropping by it means a lot to me that you care…

Western Days Carnival

Donaven’s school put on a little carnival for Western Days so we put on or boots and headed on over for some fun and games cowboy style!

(His Grammy would be so proud!!!)

 

Happy Western Day’s Y’all, YEE-HAW!!!

We Survived…

 

  

The first week of school has come and gone and I think we are getting the hang of things. Donaven was so excited on the first day. He told me exactly what he wanted to wear, had his back-pack on and ready to walk out the door with time to spare. Naturally I clicked a few photos and Emerson wanted in on the action as well.

Donaven happily went into his class with his new friends and didn’t hesitate for a moment. When I picked him up later that afternoon he ran up to me and gave me a big hug and a smile.

Here are a few highlights from his week.

• Getting to drink chocolate milk at lunch is the best part of his day. He told me he threw most of his lunches away but made sure to drink all of his chocolate milk.
• Earning purple every day for good conduct which aloud him to pick a toy from the treasure box.
• At the house center he made sure to steer clear of the baby dolls that weren’t dressed very modestly. As in no clothes at all.
• Lastly he was so excited one day about getting to use the strange new “tee-tee” potty. (I had to really try hard to keep from laughing, he gets upset if he thinks your laughing at him.)

I am relieved things are going so well and hope his enthusiasm for school continues! I love you bud and it makes me so happy to see you happy!!!

New Years Goals

This year I decided I wanted to keep a better record of our life so I made a goal to start a new family blog! This will be my little place to catch a glimpse of us. I want to be better. I want to be accountable and more productive. I want to be able to look back over 2011 and be proud. So here we go!


Yesterday, Sun. Jan. 2nd, my little D got to go to Primary for the first time with the "big kids". Needless to say I was more than a little nervous. He LOVED nursery! So much that he thought the reason we went to church was to play with the toys in nursery. I have been secretly dreading how the transition was going to go.
As you can see he did great! He did more than great. He was so excited to get his own Book of Mormon. I can't believe how quick he is growing up. I am a very happy and proud mom today...
Hopefully this will be the start to an overwhelming joy filled new year!